THE ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI by U. Chatterjee 2022 PB NEW

Description: THE ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHIBy Upamanyu Chatterjee For almost four decades, Upamanyu Chatterjee has been an utterly distinctive literary voice, with few equals among contemporary writers of fiction. In these splendid long stories, he investigates, as only he can, the absurd comedy and the grand horrors of the human condition. The book opens with a story set in 1615 which follows Thomas Roe, the puffed-up English Ambassador to the court of Jahangir, as he bumbles through a subcontinent far larger than his imagination can accommodate; and it concludes with the title story, set in 1984, in which a young Sikh, recovering from jaundice and ennui in his parents’ home in Mussoorie, listens disinterestedly to news of Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the massacre of Sikhs that follows. In the pages between the two, a variety of lives and situations unfold: a middle-class family in Delhi makes surprising discoveries about Shakespeare, race, wealth, and its youngest daughter; mystery killings in small-town Madna teach an innocent civil servant some lessons about the Indian state; the classmates of a thirteen-year-old girl learn of her brutal murder; a boy has his revenge on a sexual predator, while another, far away, seeks release from the job of cleaning the dry latrine in his school; a single man in Bombay brings home a pair of sparrows; one hundred and thirty children disappear from a German village visited by a rat-catcher. A richer, more substantial volume of short fiction has rarely been produced by an Indian writer. Notice: The displayed image is a symbolic representation of the book, The actual book cover image may differ. ( Why? Sometimes publishers change the cover image with reprints, we have thousands of listings, it is practically impossible to keep track of all those changes.) Book Information:ISBN 13: 9789354470899Publisher: Speaking TigerYear: 2022Format: Paperback Author:Upamanyu Chatterjee is the celebrated author of English, August: An Indian Story (1988), The Last Burden (1993), The Mammaries of the Welfare State (2000), Weight Loss (2006), Way to Go (2011), and Fairy Tales at Fifty (2014)—all novels;The Revenge of the Non-vegetarian (2018), a novella; and The Assassination of Indira Gandhi (2019), a collection of long stories.He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000, and in 2008, he was awarded the Order of Officier des Arts etdes Lettres by the French Government for his contribution to literature.Shipping Shipping service:We strive to provide the best possible methods of shipping for your book, so that you buy from us without worrying about shipping time, extra charges, delays or any other hassles. US Shipping: Shipments to US lower 48 states will be shipped from our distribution point in US via USPS media mail / other domestic couriers with valid tracking information. UK Shipping: Shipments to UK are dispatched from India via couriers like Aramex, DHL etc. Australia Shipping: Shipments to A+NZ are dispatched from India via India Post, and couriers like Aramex, DHL etc. Larger shipments weighing around 20 pounds or more will be shipped directly from India via expedited mode. Shipments to all other countries will be shipped from our warehouse in India with valid tracking information.Delivery time: US delivery takes around 2-10 days. UK delivery takes around 2-3 weeks. ANZ delivery takes around 3-4 weeks. and 3-6 weeks for other countries. Returns

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